Collapsible delivery wagon



Aug. 25, 1931. c. LIEBLEIN 1,820,466

COLLAISIBLE DELIVERY WAGON Filed Jan. 22, 1930 v 35 W46 Z I I! VIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 7 v INVENTOR 3/ I 5v w a'g fia ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 25, 1931 1 STIAFTYES COLLAPSIBLE DEHVERYWAGON i A My present invention has reference Fto a push cart or wagonfor delivery purposes and which may be employed as a trailer for other vehicles, and the primary object of the c9 invention is the provision of a cart or wagon which, while desirably made up of foldable v that may be readily associated.

For a full and comprehensive understanding of the improvement referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings whichare to be read in connection with the following descriptionand especially to the claims appended hereto. 1 Inthe drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement. y I

Figure 2 is an end elevation showing the 'mannerin which the construction disclosed by Figure 2 is collapsed orfolded.

Figure 3 is a detail longitudinal sectional view to show the manner in which the fold- I able ends are held against the sides.

85 lustrate the manner in which the ends of the frameare hingedly connected to the central member thereof.

Figure 5 is a detail plan view looking toward one of thecorners of the device when in set up condition, the tubular socket and post being-in section.

o In carrying out my invention I make use of two timbers that provide sills 22. To the 45 top and to the inner edges ofthe sills I hinge,

Application flled'il'anuary 22,1930. semina 422308.

3 as at 26Qthe bottom'boa rds 2 5 of improve- .ment. The bottom boards, when the'device a he sid 23, at

cated which shall embody few simple parts Figure 4 is a detail perspective view to i1 iss et up have their ends contacted and 'these boards are connected togetherat their said confronting ends byhinges 26 which are 'ar-q o r nged on he unde -faces oflthe said b tt wallj Rigidly secured to the top of the sill t ere are the sides 231of the im ro ement f The sills 22-have'on' theirunder faces cast wheelsgy" 3. I I

V the diagonally opposed cornersthereof havefsec'ured thereon fthe straps or hingesQTWhich connect to the said sides the end Jmembers "28. 7 The"'secor'id ormo free ends "of the members, 28 have fixed, ,ontheir outer faces plates 29 whichjextend therebeyond and have their said extensions slotted. The slides 23, adjacent. tothe ends opposite those provided with the hinges have 2 :05

jfixed on the outerffaces' thereof platesi30 on whose outer endsthere' are pivoted 3,1 1

t ar w a' f rou h the s dt dfe' i d of the, platesf29. The bolts 31? ar e 'ga ed wing nuts ,:32 which contact; with; the plates 29 for holding the ends in set. 'tion. j 1 1 Fixedly s llred f th fi l r lf ices'bf th sides 23, adjacent to the p er; and I lower Lends thereofthere are clips 33 that gripping- .155 1y? engage withtubulari standards 34, :The

standards provide sockets}: corner @posts 35. The standards project .asuitahleldistancethrough'ithe openftop of 'the bo'dy and 5 I have threaded 'therethrough winginuts 36x39 I toengage with the posts35; lexible elements 37 hold the bolts '36. ion. the tubular standards 34.1 "Preferably but'not necessarily swiveled [to the outer ends of thesposts 35j'there arein- 8 wardly directedv rods. 38. .fllhe confrhnting ends of these rods 38 are spacedaway from "each other and are flattened gand, engaged by the flattened ends 39,.bI Lthelateral extensions orheadsfflO rod or b ar ll gThe such confronting ends hingedl flattened ends are pivotally secured, as at 42, to the ends of the rods 38, and the flattened ends of both the rods and the heads 40 are provided with openings 43 that are designed to aline and to have received therethrough pins 44 suspended by flexible elements 45 from the lateral ends 40 of the top rod or bar 41, and whereby the said ends 40 are held in longitudinal alinement with the rods 38 when the device is in set up position. By removing the pins the rods 38 may be swung against the come: connection 46 between the saidrods and posts.

The frame may be collapsed in a manner as above indicated, and thebody is collapsed or folded by swinging the ends 28 against the outer faces of the sides 23. When so swung the ends are engaged by clamps 47 carried by the sides. Thereafter the sections 25 are folded inwardly as disclosed b Fig ure '2 of the drawings and the col apsed structure may be readily wheeled to a place of storage and occupy only small room there- It is believed that the foregoing description, when read in connection with the accompanying drawings will fully set forth the construction and advantages of my improvement but obviousl I do not wish to be restricted to the preclse details herein set forth and, therefore hold myself entitled to make changes therefrom as fairly fall within the scope of what I claim.

Having described the invention, I claim:

1. A foldable and collapsible wagon comprising sills mounted on wheels, sides lixedly secured to the sills, abottom comprising two sections, each of which is hingedly secured to the respective sills, said bottom having its connected, ends hingedty secured to the diagonally opposed corners of thesides, 'sw'ingable between the sides and means for connecting the free ends of the ends to the sides and an open frame comprisingtelescopic members arranged at the corners of the wagon, swivelly secured inwardly directed rods on the outer elements of the corner members, a longitudinal memher having :angle ends pivoted to the rods and removable means for securin the angle ends of the rods for holding sai rods and ends in alinement-. I v 2. A foldable and collapsible wagon comrising sills mounted on wheels, sides fixedposts '39 by the loose or swivel CHAIM LIEBLEIN.

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